Army halted New U Highway project amid war concerns
Walker Ashington dispatch notes the New U Highway from Mexico to Panama started in 1942 under Army orders with a $44 million budget, halted October 1943 after 16 months and only two thirds complete. Critics call it a gamble tied to sea routes, while Mead committee hearings resume to probe alleged fraud and irregularities involving Army leaders and inter–American work.
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Reenter Walker Ashington
Mex
Panama
Army
Congress
Senate War Investigating
Comttee
Mead Committee
EU- Reybold
Subcommittee
Briggs D-Mo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Staff
Eisenhower
Mexico
Guatemala
United States
Public Roads Administration
Texas
Central America
Valparaiso
Chile
South America
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Reybold
War Department
Pacific
Caribbean
Army Engineers
Army Service Forces
Brehon Somervell
Panama Canal Zone
Latin America
F. S. McNamara
Roosevelt
Gulf of Mexico
Senate
House
Briggs
GI bill amendments urged to ease veterans loans and benefits
Washington reports House and Senate hearings on the Servicemen’s Adjustment Act of 1945. Proposals aim to loosen loan approvals and cut red tape for GI loans while preserving government involvement. Experts note changes may affect VA appraisals and lender rules as hearings proceed.
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Washington
Congress
John Rankin Rman
House
World War Veterans Committee
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
Joe
Jane
Wonderful Relief From Bladder Irritations
An advertisement promotes Dr L Meres Swamp Root a kidney remedy claimed to increase urine flow relieve acidity and reduce irritation. The copy notes a 16 herb and natural ingredient blend with a prepaid free sample offer and urges sending name and address to Kilmer Co Stamford Conn.
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Lmer
Artment FE
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Box
Stamford
Conn
Offer Limited
Swamp Root
Promotions Are Given 24 Faculty Men at UNC Chapel Hill
Twenty four UNC Chapel Hill faculty members received promotions by the trustees on President Graham and Chancellor House recommendation. Promotions include associate dean J B Woosley and full professorships for Brooks Emory Erickson Gwynn Hexner Lear Munch Russell Trimble Fessler Huddle Jenkins Wherry. Several together hold leaves of absence. associate professors include Hartsell Klaiss Knight White Lyddane Mauck Mouzon Sitterson. assistants Cotten and Fitz Simmons. Col Jonathan Williams, West Point alum, noted as Benjamin Franklin's grand-nephew.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina At
Ervin Hexner
J. M. Lear
H. F. Munch
H. K. Russell
R. M. Trimble
J. W. Fessler
J. W. Huddle
W. S. Jenkins
R. J. Wherry
Fessler
Huddle
Jenekins
Wherry
E. H. Hartsell
D. S
Nation Treks to Muna Om Ta
Postwar planning centers on General MacArthur's claim that 200000 troops will police Japan after initial occupation. officials and Congress show mixed reactions while US policy aims to dismantle the Japanese empire, rebuild China, and stabilize Korea amid ongoing debates. George W. Whistler built a poser from Moscow to Leningrad per Imperial commission.
Subjection and postwar strategy in Pacific and Washington
The piece argues that Allied commander MacArthur believes Japan’s obedience reduces the need for occupation as air naval power and Soviet and Chinese reinforcements can keep Tokyo subdued. It notes Allied unity in Japan experience and questions top officials’ visits. It also portrays President Truman guiding policy through a cautious, insider finance committee approach to aid war workers and politics.
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Far East
White House
State Department
Korea
War Department
Japan
Kuriles
Sakhalin
Tokyo
MacArthur Acheson
Byrnes
Many Jobs To Be Open In State During Next Year
A North Carolina planning board survey finds 960000 non agricultural jobs in the state next year, up 20 percent from 1940. Manufacturing may add 60000 jobs and non manufacturing 100000 more. If returning war workers rise, unemployment could worsen. if not, labor scarcity may emerge. Government projects could employ over 60000 if funded.
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Raleigh
State Planning Board
North Carolina
Planning Board
Leafs Capture Opening Battle In Carolina Series
Danville Leafs, top Carolina league club, won 7 1 over Raleigh Caps in the opening game of the best four out of seven series. Art Fowler, who won 23 regular season games and two in the semi finals, earned the win while Raleigh managed only three hits. The next game is in Danville tonight before the series moves to Raleigh for Games three and four on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
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Danville
Danville Leafs
Raleigh Caps
Raleigh
Art Fowler
Epes Sent to State Prison to Begin Rigid Routine
Lt. Samuel C. Epes, 27, son of a wealthy family, completes months in county jail and changes his name. He is to serve a lengthy sentence in the state penitentiary as he begins life behind white-walled walls.
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Columbia
Samuel C. Epes
Textile Union Chiefs Approve Stiff Campaign
Charlotte September 24 delegates of the Textile Workers Union America CIO representing 50000 Carolina textile workers approve a campaign to push a 65 cent hourly minimum wage. They also raise the per member monthly tax from 50 to 73 cents to fund anti wage-cut campaigns and threaten strikes if manufacturers threaten the union.
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Charlotte
Textile Workers Union
America
CIO
Carolina Textile
Georges Baldanzi
New York
TWUA
Paper’s Spread Reaches West After Chinese Innovation
The text notes that paper became accessible to the western world in the eighth century with Chinese inventors credited for producing it about 1,000 years earlier, marking a long lead of Chinese innovation before widespread adoption.
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